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How many American citizens are uninsured?

It has been reported, and the President just repeated it, that there are 47 million people in the United States who are uninsured.

But I am trying to verify that number and here’s a breakdown given in Business and Media.org that breaks it down like this:

  • 10 million not citizens
  • 8.3 million uninsured people who make between $50,000 and $74,999 per year and
  • 8.74 million who make more than than $75,000 a year.

So what is the true extent of the uninsured “crisis?” The Kaiser Family Foundation, a liberal non-profit frequently quoted by the media,


This is a prime example of why people DO NOT believe what they are being told by this administration about the reform of health care/health insurance reform.  The term has changed from care to insurance during the last month.  And so that begs to question, instead of a complete overhaul of the system, why not find a way to cover these 8 to 13 million uninsured Americans?

Posted:  08.11.09


Filed under Barack Obama, health care, Human Interest, politics, President Barack Obama